Top 3 Reasons Why You Should Attend the Premier Comp. Bio. Conference of the Year!

The Science – Choose from scientific sessions, over 750 posters, and tutorials representing a multidisciplinary forum for the dissemination of the latest developments in computational biology/bioinformatics. -View Full Program-

Training & Professional Development – See the latest in software relevant to the bioinformatics / molecular biology community in our Technology Track. Attend the JPI meeting for those transitioning from Post Doc to Junior PI or the Student Council Symposiums. If you are looking to enhance your knowledge or skills in a specific area, explore the Special Interest Group meetings and workshops being offered.

ISMB/ECCB is the premier international computation biology meeting worldwide, and is sure to be the year's most important computational biology event globally!

Don't miss your opportunity to present the latest findings about regulatory and systems genomics, foster discussion about current research directions, and establish new collaborations that will advance the development of a systems-level understanding of gene regulation!

With nearly 1300 confirmed registrations, you don't want to be the one left wishing you were there!

This year, ISMB/ECCB offers 225 talks spanning 13 different topic areas, as well as 800 posters.

Each day of ISMB/ECCB is structured to challenge your ability to learn new methods, meet new people, enjoy the host city, and then repeat all of these for at least two more days – or more if you are also participating in a pre- or post-conference SIG, Tutorial, or Satellite Meeting.

Don't miss your opportunity to hear incredible science presentations! Check out the Proceedings papers in the following areas:

The Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation, CAGI, is a community experiment to objectively assess computational methods for predicting phenotypic impacts of genomic variation and to inform future research directions. The aim of this CAGI Conference is to disseminate the results of the most recent CAGI experiment and assess our collective ability to make accurate and meaningful predictions of phenotypes from genomic information. CAGI assessors and selected predictors will give the majority of the talks at the conference, with significant time allocated for discussions.

This 12th annual InCoB Conference has an overall objective to provide a platform for experts and budding bioinformaticians to discuss and exchange ideas and thoughts on the development of bioinformatics in the Asia Pacific region.

The 13th NETTAB, a series of international workshops on Network Tools and Applications in Biology aimed at presenting and discussing emerging ICT technologies whose adoption in support of biology could be of particular interest. In the NETTAB 2013 workshop, mobile and/or social and/or semantic solutions for bioinformatics and laboratory informatics problems will be explored.

The Brazilian Symposium on Bioinformatics, an international conference which covers all aspects of Bioinformatics and Computational biology. BSB is organized by the special interest group in Computational Biology of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).

4th Annual PhD Symposium in Computational Biology & Innovation, aims at bringing together different research areas of computational biology and provide an opportunity for students to showcase their work in an interdisciplinary scientific environment. In addition, this event is an opportunity for students to make their research known to leading companies in the field and for the companies to have a chance to get to know the next generation of young Computational Biologists.

The Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) 2014, an international, multidisciplinary conference for the presentation and discussion of current research in the theory and application of computational methods in problems of biological significance.

Registration available: August 1, 2014

ISCB members receive a US $50 registration discount

_____________________________________________________________

We look forward to seeing you at some of these conferences and events, enjoying a member benefit discount!

Don't miss your opportunity to present the latest findings about regulatory and systems genomics, foster discussion about current research directions, and establish new collaborations that will advance the development of a systems-level understanding of gene regulation! Presentations will be selected from among the submitted papers and abstracts.

Call for ISCB Leadership Nominations

THE NOMINATION PERIOD FOR OFFICERS AND STUDENT COUNCIL LEADERSHIP

CLOSES MONDAY, JUNE 10!

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is encouraging members to submit nominations for the Society's Officer positions of President-elect and Vice President; and the Student Council Leadership positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Representative to the ISCB Board. Nominations are submitted at www.iscb.org/nominate (you must login to your membership record to access the nomination form). In all cases, self-nominations will not be accepted.

If you know of excellent candidates that meet the eligibility requirements below, please be sure to submit your nomination(s). Details of the positions, procedures and timeline are available on the ISCB website at: www.iscb.org/leadership-nominations-and-elections.

In order to be eligible to be an Officer candidate, a person must be an ISCB member in good standing, must have served as a Director for at least one (1) year at any time during the history of the Society leading up to the start date of becoming an Officer (first term Board members, therefore, meet the eligibility requirements for election to an Officer position), and be willing to perform the duties as stated in the Executive Officer Responsibilities. He/she must pledge to make every reasonable effort to attend the weekly Executive Committee teleconferences, the bi-monthly Board of Director teleconferences, and, at their own expense, the face-to-face Annual Board Meeting held in conjunction with the ISMB conference.

Nominations for Society Officers and Student Council Leaders will be accepted through June 10, 2013.

Election of the Officers and Student Council Leaders will take place via online voting by the membership in July 2013, including availability to a dedicated voting booth at the ISMB conference.

We are looking forward to an active participation by the ISCB membership in the nominations and election process, and we thank you in advance for your qualified nominations.